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Feb. 14, 2012 Japan Times Opinion Translated article from Sentaku magazine Almost a year after the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the March 11, earthquake and tsunami, one serious question remains: to … Continue (...)

New York Times Asia Pacific Hiroko Tabuchi TOKYO — In surprisingly frank public testimony on Wednesday,Japan's nuclear safety chief said the country's regulations were fundamentally flawed and laid out a somber picture of a nuclear industry shaped by freewheeling power … Continue (...)

The Asahi Shimbun With more and more people worried about possible radioactive contamination in the food they eat, some enterprising businesses are profiting from providing a little peace of mind. Since the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. … Continue (...)

Journalists and photographers are given access to the site of the nuclear plant where three reactors suffered meltdown after the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March last year

Takeshi Takahashi says removing melted nuclear fuel will be difficult, but blames overheating fears on faulty thermometer The manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan has conceded that it will be very difficult to remove the facility's melted nuclear fuel, but dismissed fears that (...)

Temperature inside No 2 reactor may have risen to 82C, and Tepco reportedly steps up cooling efforts Concern is growing that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is no longer stable after temperature readings suggested one of its damaged reactors was reheating. The plant's (...)

The amount of cooling water being injected into No 2 reactor is increased after temperature soars to over 73C Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say they are regaining control of a reactor after its temperature rose dramatically this week, casting doubt on government claims (...)